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Spring 2025 Seminar

Behavioral Economics, Law and Public Policy

Prerequisite: Instructor permission is required. Please send your CV to Brenda Bee ([email protected]).

Exam Type: No Exam

This seminar will explore a series of issues at the intersection of behavioral economics and public policy. Potential questions will involve climate change; energy efficiency; health care; and basic rights. There will be some discussion of paternalism and the implications of neuroscience as well.

Note: This seminar is jointly listed with FAS as ECON 2050 & HKS as API-305.

Students may complete a research paper that would satisfy the Analytical Paper requirement.